Agree. With the resources, I think Rodgers has been doing really well. I don’t think he bottled it. It’s just the situation against you for many reasons.
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He's done well I think but you just wonder sometimes if a manager and a club hit a ceiling.
Didn't think they would win the Europa this year and I don't think they'll beat us in the FA cup; even if they do they won't win the competition. They are a good side though and if they can go all out and get top 4 then that's still an extremely successful season for them in my opinion.
Didn't think they would win the Europa this year and I don't think they'll beat us in the FA cup; even if they do they won't win the competition. They are a good side though and if they can go all out and get top 4 then that's still an extremely successful season for them in my opinion.
That is why I rate Rodgers so high though. Leicester are a good side but I don’t think they are great and he gets them playing so well. People use Ranieri winning the league as a stick to beat Rodgers but this was when top teams where all in transition. Since then City and Liverpool have been pulling up 95+ points so Leicester will never win the league in them circumstances.
The difference is Ranieri won the league in a freak season then went back to mid table. Incredible achievement not dismissing it. Rodgers have turned Leicester into a top 4-6 side without the finances of the other sides. Yes they bottled top 4 last season but 5th and now 3th shows how well he’s doing
Of course. The Europa cup was a bad blip but they are in a fantastic position domestically which is huge.
I think he's a very good manager, trouble is there's no time for rebuilding so he needs a team half decent, the big teams have more good players than bad, but its identifying the gems, I think he does well in this bracket
To be fair if he lost that way at a big club most people would call for his head. The advantage at being somewhere like Leicester where it's fairly easy to surpass expectations with the financial backing he's got.
True. He did a good job at Celtic but nothing that Neil Lennon couldn't do, really. With the difference that he got whooped regularly in Europe, albeit in the group stages for the most part. I think Leicester is the perfect platform for him. It's that next step that nobody can be sure he can take or not. It's to his credit that he's got himself back to a place where he's a viable option for the big boys.
He's not a viable option though and I'd be surprised if he's ever hired by a big club in the future.
I think he's done a really good job, the team looks well coached.
He did an interview once where he spoke of his admiration for us and said about the Utd job being every manager’s dream - I wouldn’t go there yet though. He’s young but always seems to be just off major honours
Things happened. A Molde's manager could become United manager, for instance. A championship manager was then managing Chelsea.
Rodgers has way more credibility than these two examples.
Leicester should not be judged as plucky little upstarts anymore. The European exit is piss poor and if they bugger up the top four then serious questions should be asked. Leicester get wonderful plaudits but I think they have a real soft underbelly.
our exit from CL under Ole was forgotten pretty quickly
I don't agree with that, it's definitely a black mark on the season and his tenure.
Christ. Rodgers is an infinitely better coach/manager than Lennon could ever even dream to be.
Rodgers won the domestic Treble two years running up there, including going the entire 2016/17 season unbeaten in all domestic competitions. Their unbeaten run in all domestic competitions stretched to 68 games under him. Rodgers won seven successive domestic trophies up there.
All of these feats have never been matched by any Celtic manager, and certainly not Neil Fecking Lennon.
Plenty of big clubs have hired inferior managers to Rodgers in recent years. Certain clubs should have nabbed him direct from Celtic but missed the boat and have paid the price.
I wouldnt argue with any of that. We bottle every important game.
Who exactly has 'paid the price'?
It's only brought up on here constantly.
This will get some of you lot saying WHAT THE feck. 
I actually think Brendan would be on the short list if Ole doesn't succeed here. He's not done a bad job really with the clubs he's been too.
#justsaying
I actually think Brendan would be on the short list if Ole doesn't succeed here. He's not done a bad job really with the clubs he's been too.
#justsaying
Literally any of the clubs with far bigger wage budgets than Leicester who have either struggled to match them or, worse still, have been outperformed in the last two years.
Not sure who you are considering a big club here at all. Only Spurs and Arsenal finished lower last season and have a significantly bigger wage bill.
You maybe have an argument with Spurs but I think Arsenal would a basket case regardless. It's hardly what anyone would call plenty.
Serious question, would any of the people here want Rodgers here if there was a chance to get in him in a year or two after Ole will have stabilized our club but won nothing?
If I speak for myself I will just say that a manager with a "philosophy" like his would take our team to another level. His man management is greatč, he palys progressive football, improves every player, can play with youth. Wider squad and better players would help him to maintain high level performances imo, now he's got 13 player who needs to stay all season really and coped well with injuries so far.
If I speak for myself I will just say that a manager with a "philosophy" like his would take our team to another level. His man management is greatč, he palys progressive football, improves every player, can play with youth. Wider squad and better players would help him to maintain high level performances imo, now he's got 13 player who needs to stay all season really and coped well with injuries so far.
Since Rodgers took over exactly two years ago, nobody other than Manchester City and Liverpool has won more points in the league than Leicester City.
- Leicester 128 points
- Chelsea 128 points
- United 123 points
- Spurs 105 points
- Arsenal 103 points
- United £332m
- Chelsea £286m
- Arsenal £232m
- Spurs £179m
- Leicester £150m
He is a good coach but I still feel this is his level. Reminds me of Moyes before he joined us. Yes rodgers may have done better than Moyes but I still feel he bottles it when it matters. Do I see him as a manager who will help us topple pep or klopp, I don't.
This man is a pretender and will be found out.
With respect that's not what you said and now you're making a separate point altogether.
Leicester finished below Chelsea and Utd in the table, where it matters, the last two seasons and could well do so again. Going out of the Europa to Slavia won't do much for his big club ambitions either.
As I said you had a bit of an argument with Spurs and they would probably be doing better if they hired him over Mourinho but that's about it.
And I suspect a lot of big clubs already have Gerrard on their list too. Impressive job, I remember a couple of months ago a poster here dismissing him for the Premier League because well... Scotland is easy. Like if they aren’t doing nothing special at Europa League level 2 seasons in a row.
I wouldn't like watching us play this way against any half decent team.
And he does that every time he faces a half decent side, filled with inferiority complex against big sides. His team hardly plays some great attacking football like some say.
If/When City go on to win the title, Pep will probably thank Rodgers. Three days after Leicester's counter-attacking win, City signed Dias and haven't looked back. Kick up the backside they needed, though United and City weren't exactly match fit in September.
Leicester's last three matches are United away, Chelsea away and Spurs at home. Might be a scrap for that last top four place.
Leicester's last three matches are United away, Chelsea away and Spurs at home. Might be a scrap for that last top four place.
Leicester really crumble under any pressure.
crumble? have you seen our home form this season? if it was close to our away form we'd probably be top of the league
We must have near identical records considering we both have the same amount of points. Our home form has been atrocious compared to our away form.
Most sides home form is shite this season, Leicester aren't the only side
point is us losing at home is hardly a sign of crumbling when this will be the 6th time this season I think
They ate Brenda Rodgers' army etc.
They aren't the same side without Barnes/Maddison and Vardy hasn't been firing lately.
If Ole/Pep/Klopp lost a 14-point advantage in the space of 3 months you'd never hear the end of it. Rodgers has got some work to do to keep hold of Leicester's spot.
If Ole/Pep/Klopp lost a 14-point advantage in the space of 3 months you'd never hear the end of it. Rodgers has got some work to do to keep hold of Leicester's spot.
This coming from United fans? Guys at least wait till our game is done before we start coming in here running down Leicester.
Barnes and Justin were our 2 best players this season one is out for the season the looks likely to be, when it rains it pours it seems, the month of February has been a bitch for us